Description of a new Osedax (Annelida, Polychaeta, Siboglinidae) species colonizing cow bones in the South Atlantic Ocean
Thammy Gularte, Paulo Y. G. Sumida, Gilberto Bergamo, Greg W. Rouse · 2024
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Description
Gularte and co-authors describe a new species of bone-eating worm from the deep South Atlantic. Osedax worms colonize sunken bones on the sea floor. Divers found this one on cow bones set out at 550 meters off Brazil. It is only the second Osedax known from the Southwest Atlantic. Five gene markers placed it firmly in Osedax Clade V. Its nearest kin live in the Pacific, though that link is weak.
The new species, named nataliae, differs from every known relative by at least 13.9% in a key gene. Within the species, variation stayed under 2.5%. Body traits complete the formal description. Haplotype maps show the population's structure.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thammy Gularte, Paulo Y. G. Sumida, Gilberto Bergamo, Greg W. Rouse |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |